Essays Tagged: "Vietnam War"

Tiger Woods

drick Woods.The nick-name 'Tiger' was given to him by his father. It's thesame nick-name of a South Vietnamese combat buddy,Nguyen Phong, who saved Tiger's father's life a few times inthe Vietnam War. ... for somereason.Tiger's Dad: Green Beret Lieutenant Colonel Earl Woodsserved 2 Tours of Duty in the Vietnam War.Tiger's Mother: Kultida (Tida) Woods. Her maiden name isKultida Punsawad.Tiger's parents ...

(2 pages) 66 0 4.1 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Some Landmark supreme court decisions

d students from Des Moines, Iowa gathered to show their dislike towards American involvement in the Vietnam War. They decided to wear black armbands and fast on December 16 and 31 to express there poi ... st, the time periods in which these cases took place were very different. In the 1960's, the war in Vietnam was going on, and there were a lot of controversial issues and viewpoints facing students at ...

(4 pages) 97 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Case: Tinker v. Des Moines, Kuhlmieir v. Hazelwood

d students from Des Moines, Iowa gathered to show their dislike towards American involvement in the Vietnam War. They decided to wear black armbands and fast on December 16 and 31 to express there poi ... st, the time periods in which these cases took place were very different. In the 1960's, the war in Vietnam was going on, and there were a lot of controversial issues and viewpoints facing students at ...

(4 pages) 103 0 5.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Gender Roles. From point of view of American of Vietnamese origin.

My parents came to the United States in 1985 as a result of the Vietnam War. They were both in their late thirties with some education, who had been raised in middl ... re both in their late thirties with some education, who had been raised in middle class families in Vietnam. My family escaped by boat to the Philippines. From there my mother's brother sponsored my m ...

(8 pages) 136 0 4.6 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

A three page paper covering the massacre at My Lai during the Vietnam war. (Bibliography included)

n military's darkest wartime activities ever, the rape, torture, and murder of hundreds of innocent Vietnamese civilians within a one day period. It was an occurrence, which was initially called a mas ... an incident, which occurred during a time of war. It was a futile invasion of a small settlement in Vietnam where there were no enemies present. The soldiers, known primarily as Company C or Charlie C ...

(3 pages) 176 1 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Unholy Crusade, a look into Oliver Stone's War film, Platoon.

overtones that appear invarious American genres. Stone not only uses religiousthemes to portray the Vietnam War, but manipulates the warto show the decadence of American society.Throughout history, ma ... ar II, America demonstrated itself to bearguably the most powerful nation. When communismthreatened Vietnam, America acted to defend its democraticbelief by sending troops over to thwart the communist ...

(3 pages) 90 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Vietnam War

The War in Vietnamdirect U.S. military participation in The Vietnam War, the nation's longest, cost fifty-eight ... lives. Only the Civil War and the two world wars were deadlier for Americans. During the decade of Vietnam beginning in 1964, the U.S Treasury spent over $140 billion on the war, enough money to fund ... stated war aims. The goal was to preserve a separate, independent, noncommunist government in South Vietnam, but after April 1975, the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) ruled the entire n ...

(7 pages) 240 1 3.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The American presidental election of 1972, Nixon and McGovern

nd George McGovern. There were many issueswhich had a great deal of importance to the election. The Vietnam war andthe stability of the economy at the time were two main factors. The electionended in ... to focus on theimportant issues of 1972.There were four very important issues. These were the war inVietnam, the economy, foreign policy, and defense. The two major oneswere the war in Vietnam, and th ...

(11 pages) 138 0 4.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Schwarzkopf

zkopf, alsoknown as 'Stormin Norman' and 'the Bear' was a career soldier. Having served twotours in Vietnam, which he volunteered for both, his combat experience and leadershipskills proved essential ... American action. Schwarzkopf'scommand ultimately responded with the largest US deployment since the Vietnam War,including portions of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps as well as units from dozens ...

(6 pages) 81 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Vietnam War

In the Vietnam war the United States and the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) opposed the revolutionary movement k ... ovement known as the Viet Cong. The Viet Cong was sponsored by the Communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV). This war was the second of two wars being fought in that area. The first Indochina wa ... as the second of two wars being fought in that area. The first Indochina war was a struggle between Vietnamese nationalists and the French colonial regime aided by the U.S.. In the second war we repla ...

(5 pages) 205 1 4.1 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

JFK Assassination

erm in office, improved peace talks with the Soviet Union. He also was working on ideas to halt the Vietnam War. His work could not be done in a single term as president. Kennedy had to start campaign ...

(13 pages) 232 0 4.8 Jan/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Movie Anylisis of "We were soldiers"

n Saving Private Ryan.The story of the film is based on a book and is about the first battle in the vietnam war, held at Ia Dranga also known as "the valley of death", they were dropped off by helicop ... known as "the valley of death", they were dropped off by helicopters and surrounded by 2,000 north vietnamese soilders which turned in to a 3 day long bloodbath where there were many casulties from b ...

(2 pages) 148 0 4.3 Jun/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Lyndon Baines Johnson

out many others that Kennedy could not finish. He faced many foreign problems as well,including the Vietnam War and the Cold War. How he dealt with foreign problems put him nearlast if not last in for ... 149)Johnson stated soon after becoming president, 'This nation will keep itscommitments from South Vietnam to West Berlin. We will be unceasing in the search for peace;resourceful in out pursuit of a ...

(5 pages) 81 0 4.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

The Vietnam War & the 1960's Fthe political changes to the Civil Rights Movement.

Vietnam War and the 1960sThe decade of the 1960s was a very violent and socially changing time in th ... ited States. From the political changes, brought about by the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Counterculture movement and to the Civil Rights Movement.In 1960 Kennedy was one of ... ative in domestic policy and an advocate of strong military action to protect American interests in Vietnam. Johnson had increased the number of U.S. military personnel there from 16,000 at the time o ...

(14 pages) 370 1 3.5 Sep/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Lessons Learned: Vietnam and the Gulf War

Vitnam Section is better ExcellentLessons Learned: Vietnam and the Gulf War"No new taxes." This is a quote that most all of us remember from the 1992 p ... ith the political aspects of government in modern society. One of the prime examples of this is the Vietnam War. Although South Vietnam asked for our help, which we had previously promised, the entire ... nd to the conflict. This can be seen in the selective bombing of Hanoi throughout the course of the Vietnam War. Politically this strategy looked very good. However, militarily it was ludicrous. War i ...

(6 pages) 158 0 3.5 Jul/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Reasons the American civil rights movement began to falter during the late 1960's.includes summerys about Malcolm X,Hewy Newton, Martin Luther King,and Stokely Carmichael.

ation. It will also discuss goal changes in housing, public education, police brutality and how the Vietnam War affected the progress of the struggle.The leadership of the civil rights movement during ... dering a police officer and later acquitted of the charges. Martin Luther King denounced the war in Vietnam and lost his support from President Johnson. He did this because of the growing poverty in t ...

(3 pages) 128 0 4.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The 1960's

issile crisis, along with the space race with the U.S.S.R. The decade ended under the shadow of the Vietnam- war, which deeply divided Americans and their allies and damaged the country's self-confide ... ns were outraged by the intolerance of their universities, racial inequality, social injustice, the Vietnam War, and the economic and political constraints of everyday life and work. One group that fo ...

(8 pages) 231 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Vietnam Term Paper

the summer and fall of 1963, which led to Diem's overthrow and a deeper American commitment to the Vietnam War. As the argument presented in this paper will heretofore demonstrate, the basis for a cr ... dence that such a move was ultimately in the best interest of American foreign policy objectives in Vietnam.While the information presented in the Pentagon Papers is oftentimes confusing and contradic ...

(14 pages) 138 0 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

"Crisis in Kuwait" Reviews the incidents leading to the Gulf War, and reasons/steps taken by American Goverment

------------------------The United States has had many confrontations, and conflicts. Not since the Vietnam War had America had a massive confrontation like this. Although this war was on a massively ... merica had a massive confrontation like this. Although this war was on a massively smaller scale to Vietnam, considering America only lost 148 service members (Rashid&Shaheen 416) opposed to the V ...

(6 pages) 123 0 3.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Nine-Year-Old He Carried: Linda's role in Tim O'Brien's They Things They Carried.

hey Carried creates an accurate picture of the emotions experienced by soldiers like himself in the Vietnam War. Though the reader learns that the majority of the story is fictional, the overall messa ... understand why the author included this section in the book. Linda died long before the conflict in Vietnam. What could a little girl possibly know about war? Linda was put in this book for specific r ...

(6 pages) 186 1 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing